Life can be full of suffering both physical and mental.
Yoga is based on a philosophy of acquiring and refining practical life skills to address all types of suffering. These skills increase quality of life, promote the alignment with noble and spiritual experiences and advance freedom from dependency on others (and social systems).
Yoga provides a solid basis for a life which balances contribution to self and others in the promotion of freedom of mind.
Yoga is far more than physical exercises using breathing techniques. It promotes the state of mind that nurtures self-value and the drive to obtain the most out of life.
To become competent in these yoga skills requires time to process, practise and integrate them. Most yoga teachers’ training courses are short and thus have to present yoga generalisations, leaving the refinement and applications to the student after the courses have finished. Many who do these courses find they have difficulty utilising the skills and revert to low level teaching of postures, stretching and basic breathing. Most can never utilise the hidden skills of yoga and to compensate, some create romantic ideas around yoga. They become the blind leading the blind.
The opportunity
Bill Giles is once again offering to teach a small number of people the valued skills of classical yoga, hatha and raja yoga. These amazing skills are not being taught in standard yoga teacher training courses, and are refinements based on Bill’s 50 years of personal practice, inquiry and 35 years of teaching yoga weekly.
Learn from one of the most skilled and knowledgeable yoga practitioners in Australasia. In this apprenticeship, you will be offered more than 300 hours of personal contact with Bill (and extra tuition by other yoga practitioners of the Samyama Yoga School).
This is old school hands-on teaching, therefore you need to be able to regularly attend the three-hour classes every Wednesday night for a year. This means you must live in the ACT region.
You will also be required to attend at least two retreats to experience the charm and value of interrelating yoga with nature.
Who is eligible?
Ten apprenticeship positions are available, open to both males and females over the age of 25 years. People over the age of 50 years must have a background in yoga, either as yoga teachers or competent in hatha yoga, or skilled in martial arts or dance.
What do I do next if I am interested?
You enrol to attend a free yoga class (date to be arranged) held by Bill (and some tutors) to experience as many of these techniques as possible – along with having your questions answered. Then you will be in a better position to evaluate this wonderful opportunity of participating in this apprenticeship.
To book your place in this free yoga class, phone either:
The secretary of Samyama Yoga School
Desie Visovitis: 0424 228 578
Email: [email protected]
OR
Bill Giles: 0437 276 447
Email: [email protected]
For more information on sponsored partnerships, click here.
